After years of AMA advocacy, the nation’s leaders are working on plans to eliminate the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and revitalize the Medicare program for patients and physicians.

“The time is ripe for eliminating Medicare’s failed payment formula,” states AMA president Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD. “And the AMA will not rest until a new payment system is put in its place to promote the sustainability of physician practices and enable the highest quality care for all patients.”

"Doctors opting out are canaries in a coal mine," said [Dr.] Bailey, a Fort Worth allergist. "Opting out is such a drastic step — it's often a last-ditch effort to save struggling practices — that a dramatic increase